Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 13:52:11 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: security@FreeBSD.org, Paul Andrews <andrews@powersurfr.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:07.xfree86 Message-ID: <XFMail.010201135211.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010201130629.B74541@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On 01-Feb-01 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 12:57:26PM -0700, Paul Andrews wrote: >> Does this issue affect only those that installed the XFree86 3.3.6 port or >> does it also affect those who have installed FreeBSD 4.2 RELEASE. >> >> If it does affect the RELEASE version what is the easiest why to fix this >> problem, without upgrading to XFree86 4.01. > > My understanding is that the XFree86 distribution is built from > whatever is in ports at the time of release. In fact, doesn't > sysinstall just install the port thesedays anyway? > > ls -l /var/db/pkg/XFree86* > > Kris No, it builds the distribution from ports, and then engages in evilness to package up the bits in tarballs that mimic the normal XFree distributions. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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